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Observing damage and documenting successful performance of buildings and other structures. Classes include residential, commercial, and power infrastructure. Methodologies include detailed damage assessments in Fulcrum, deployment of UAS for high-resolution aerial imagery, and deployment of surface-level panoramic imaging devices. Hazard indicators were also captured.In the early morning hours of March 3, 2020, a strong tornado struck the City of Nashville and the surrounding metropolitan region with estimated maximum wind speeds of 165 mph. The tornado passed through Nashville and continued east for 53 miles, impacting the communities of Donelson, Mt. Juliet and Lebanon before lifting. The same storm system then produced a second tornado that struck Cookeville, TN with estimated wind speeds of 175 mph. The Nashville tornado was the third tornado that passed through the Five Points area of Nashville. Damage was reported across a diverse cross-section of buildings spanning a number of communities: Camden, Germantown/North Nashville, East Nashville/Five Points, Donelson, Mt. Juliet, Lebanon and Cookeville. Exposure of an urban metro area to this series of tornadoes resulted in significant impacts to power infrastructure and building performance ranging from loss of roof cover and broken windows to complete destruction. Affected typologies and building classes include single and multi-family wood framed homes, commercial construction (ranging from big box stores down to smaller restaurants/retail shops), airport and industrial buildings, and a number of schools. More gravely, these nocturnal tornadoes claimed two dozen lives and injured hundreds more. Given the loss of life and property in this event and the fact that the Nashville tornado sequence impacted an urban area with diverse building classes and typologies, this event offers an opportunity to advance our knowledge of structural resistance to strong winds, particularly given that new construction was among the inventory significantly damaged. This project encompasses the products of StEER's response to this event: Preliminary Virtual Reconnaissance Report (PVRR), Early Access Reconnaissance Report (EARR) and Curated Dataset. 

Observing damage and documenting successful performance of buildings and other structures. Classes include residential, commercial, and power infrastructure. Methodologies include detailed damage assessments in Fulcrum, deployment of UAS for high-resolution aerial imagery, and deployment of surface-level panoramic imaging devices. Hazard indicators were also captured.